2 dead after NW Atlanta house fire; natural gas leak discovered in yard

Two people were found dead in a Bankhead-Bolton home in northwest Atlanta after a fire Saturday morning, according to officials.

Atlanta crews responded to the home in the 900 block of Bolton Road around 8:30 a.m. and found heavy fire coming from the one-story house, a fire department statement read. Firefighters aggressively attacked the blaze until it was fully extinguished.

Once it was safe to search the home, crews found one victim in a front room on the right side of the house and another in a front room on the left side, the statement read.

A gas leak was later discovered in the front yard of the residence, fire officials said.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating as part of the federal agency’s role in reviewing accidents occurring during the transport of natural gas via pipelines.